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Having problems with your Acer TravelMate 2500 Notebook ?

Bios password problem

\015 Hi i have a problem with my acer travelmate 2500 laptop i want to boot from cd so i can format my disk but it always ask me for a password to log into bios. what can i do to solve this problem. open my laptop and extract motherboard battery for a few minutes? please help i work with this laptop so its like a kind of work tool for me. thanks alot..\015

Answers :

Try this,\015\012\015\012members have reported that they were able to remove their Acer BIOS passwords by simply opening their notebooks and removing the CMOS batteries for 30 minutes.\015\012Once your BIOS password is removed, you will need to press the <F2> key during POST (Power On Self Test) to enter the Acer BIOS setup.\015\012\015\012if that don't work, acer support charges 100.00 to reset the password, What a rip-off.

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